Welcome to the part of my website that tells the story of how I only recently became what I've always known I truly was.
More than 7 years ago, I began identifying myself as a female-to-male transsexual. As far as I can tell from my own experience, I was born this way. No one in their right mind would ever choose to be transexual. No amount of denial has ever made it go away. I know: for most of my life, I've tried to be a woman. I've been married. I have a grown son, now deceased. At one time in my life, I tried to be a lesbian, but that didn't fit me either.
At the ripe old age of 55, I decided that I would try no longer. Early in 2001, I began taking testosterone. In June of 2002, I had chest reconstruction surgery. Strangers now perceive me as a man, and my friends, family, and co-workers have gotten used to seeing me that way also.
See "My Story", below, if you'd like to read a more detailed version of my life, which includes photos. Meanwhile, here's how I look these days.
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Just for something a little different, this is me dressed in a costume
2009
2010-2011
My work uniform for Cherry Point Marine Air Base
SO HOW DO YOU TELL THEM? (One way to let your fellow members of a group know what you're doing, and the gratifying results I got.)
READING, WRITING, AND RIDICULE
A brief article I wrote for the Alyson Books anthology "Telling Tales Out of School: gays, lesbians, and bisexuals revisit their school days", edited by Kevin Jennings and published in 1998.
